On my car, VIN 1880, I most definately had double stick black foam tape up there. I can guarantee the previous owner never did anything up there, considering all of the dust. Plus the car had 6,500 miles on it. My car came from the factory like that, and I assume they devised a better way to do it on later cars. I used a tube or two of black RTV, putting the T-Panel back on with a towel on top and a tool box on the towel to hold it down to set for 2 days, and obviously one of the foam tape strips overlapped because if you look closely the T-Panel is curved too much in one spot which makes it look like it is popping up. But yes, your car is not the only one with the tape, don't rag on the PO. :) Patrick 1880 To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/